linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 01/14] x86/ticketlock: clean up types and accessors

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Date:	Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:21:00 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Linux Virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 01/14] x86/ticketlock: clean up types and
 accessors

>  static inline int __ticket_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
>  {
> -	int tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->slock);
> +	struct __raw_tickets tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets);
>  
> -	return !!(((tmp >> TICKET_SHIFT) ^ tmp) & ((1 << TICKET_SHIFT) - 1));
> +	return !!(tmp.tail ^ tmp.head);

Does it make sense to mask it here it here with TICKET_MASK as it was done before?
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